Re: Link Target

@GailL1 No, no I cannot. That being said, I have read a number of articles about online publishing and such that stated that opening a new page was 'unfriendly'. I disagree, so have long broken 'protocol'.

While that might be true, I don't see how opening a link in the current page or a new page would make any difference with the safety or friendliness of a page.

Most people should be running antivirus programs that indicate a bad site OR at least they should be running periodic scans to quarantine anything they might have picked up traveling around .

Whoo - sounds naughty !

Another thing, we can all hover over a link to find out the source - I trust certain sites more than others. If I am gonna link it, I try my best to make sure it is safe. But with hackers, ya never know even about Social Security sites, Medicare, other government sites.

I think it would be more about the functionality of this board. I just answered a question on the Social Security board and gave a couple of links to Social Security pages and I forgot to change the link target to new page and had to go back and do it because it was important for him to understand (and see) both of these pages together.

Then there are sometimes embedded links which have to be considered - all the way around to me, the default should be open in a new page.

But this is not my site - so the powers that be have to decide. I just recommend as I see it.

Re: Link Target

@GailL1 No, no I cannot. That being said, I have read a number of articles about online publishing and such that stated that opening a new page was 'unfriendly'. I disagree, so have long broken 'protocol'.

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